hol·o·caust

/ˈhäləˌkôst/

▪ the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–45. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups, such as gypsies and homosexuals, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz.

2. a Jewish sacrificial offering that is burned completely on an altar.